This page is about fire protection in Rochester, Kent. Rochester is a cathedral city on the River Medway and, at Rochester Airport, the site of one of the most significant aerospace and defence manufacturing investments in the UK. BAE Systems' £220 million new factory programme is creating a world-class precision electronics facility for the production of systems for the F-35 Lightning and commercial airliners and the fire suppression requirements that come with it demand a fundamentally different level of technology than alarms and extinguishers alone.
At FirePro UK, whether it is a new installation protecting electrical infrastructure, UPS systems, precision electronics manufacturing environments, or HV/LV distribution rooms, or a retrofit replacing an ageing gas suppression system, we have a certificated solution from single-enclosure to room flood scale.
Our advanced condensed aerosol technology is LPCB, UL, and VDS certificated, carries a 15-year lifecycle and a 3-year warranty, and outperforms pressurised gas systems on installation speed, cost of ownership, and environmental credentials.
With no pressurised cylinders, no pipework, and no overpressure venting required, FirePro is built for the aerospace, defence, and industrial environments that define Rochester's commercial identity.
BAE Systems on Marconi Way is Medway's largest private sector employer with over 1,600 employees. The Rochester Business Centre is home to the UK-based Electronic Systems business, producing head-up displays, helmet-mounted displays, flight control computers, and active control sticks for civil and military aircraft worldwide. The new £220 million factory programme, one of the largest single-site investments in BAE's 25-year history, will add 300 jobs over five years and create a 32,000 square metre state-of-the-art precision manufacturing facility.
Precision aerospace electronics manufacturing environments of this scale carry electrical infrastructure, UPS systems, precision test equipment, and HV/LV distribution that require automatic suppression at source. For systems that repair avionics for commercial airliners every day of the year, secondary damage from a suppression agent is as serious a risk as the fire itself.
Innovation Park Medway, the North Kent Enterprise Zone on the former Rochester Airport site adjacent to BAE Systems, is designed to attract further technology, advanced engineering, and manufacturing tenants to the area. BAE's expansion programme is bringing additional high-value aerospace and defence supply chain businesses to Rochester Airport alongside it.
FirePro works differently from every service currently operating in Rochester's fire protection market.
Our patented FPC solid compound transforms on activation into a condensed aerosol that floods the protected space, interrupting the chemical chain reactions of combustion at the molecular level.
The result is rapid, clean suppression with:
Today’s modern landscape holds a myriad of fire risk challenges that demand fresh thinking, innovative solutions for a safer, greener future.
From sub stations, transformers, HV/LV, electrical distribution, and risers. FirePro swiftly suppresses fire, minimising critical equipment damage
In the era of remote sites, FirePro's versatile and easy-to-install systems offer effective fire protection without compromising efficiency.
The significant rise in imported bulk li-ion energy storage facilities from overseas may also mean a significant increase in fire risk, especially when poorly engineered. Why compromise, FirePro has the answer.
Whether on land, marine or offshore, FirePro ensures fail safe, resilient fire protection for many types of power generation, plant, machinery, even ATEX environments.
Rochester's Norman Cathedral, Rochester Castle, and extensive Victorian and Edwardian heritage buildings represent a genuine heritage application context. FirePro's compact, stainless steel, wall-mounted generators require no pipework and no structural alteration, making the technology a practical solution for historic buildings where conventional suppression systems cannot be installed without damaging irreplaceable fabric.
Medway NHS Foundation Trust on Windmill Road in Gillingham is the main NHS acute hospital serving Rochester and the wider Medway authority, with mission-critical backup power and medical electrical infrastructure requiring high-specification automatic suppression. Medway City Estate on the south bank of the Medway at Rochester adds industrial, logistics, and commercial operations with associated electrical and backup power infrastructure.
The fire protection market currently serving Rochester covers alarms, extinguishers, and basic compliance services. Fire suppression is listed by some providers as a service category, but without LPCB certification, without condensed aerosol technology, and without any reference to the specific aerospace, heritage, or healthcare risks that Rochester's built environment presents. FirePro UK fills that gap with the certificated technology Rochester's most demanding environments require.
Yes. Precision aerospace and defence electronics manufacturing including avionics repair, flight control systems manufacturing, and head-up display production carry significant fire risk from electrical infrastructure, UPS systems, and HV/LV distribution. FirePro activates automatically without water or secondary agent damage, making it well suited to occupied aerospace facilities where precision equipment protection is as critical as fire suppression itself.
Yes. FirePro UK is the UK and Ireland master distributor for FirePro condensed aerosol fire suppression, supporting specifiers, designers, installers, and end users across Rochester, Medway, Kent, and the wider South East.
Our patented FPC solid compound transforms on activation into a condensed aerosol that floods the protected space, interrupting fire's chemical chain reactions at the molecular level. There are no cylinders, no pipework, and no pressurised agents, just fast, clean suppression with no secondary damage to precision electronics, avionics systems, or electrical distribution infrastructure.
Yes. FirePro is the only condensed aerosol fire suppression product to hold LPCB product certification in the UK, independently tested to BS EN 15276. LPCB certified condensed aerosol suppression is a specific and distinct technology category, and no provider currently serving Rochester's fire protection market holds this standard for condensed aerosol technology.
Passive fire protection uses structural measures such as compartmentation, fire stopping, and fire doors to contain the spread of fire within a building. Active fire protection responds dynamically on detection, suppressing fire at source. FirePro is an active suppression system that works alongside passive measures to protect the critical assets that structural measures alone cannot address.
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